Thaon was hoping for PSG and it came down to very little. For the round of 16 of the French Football Cup, it is ultimately another Ligue 1 team, RC Strasbourg, that the Vosges will face in a remake of the Grand Est derby. The match should be played in Épinal.
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The Thaon football family met at the Arche Bernadette auditorium on Sunday, December 22, to follow this draw for the round of 16 of the French Football Cup. One hope: to play a big league in Ligue 1 like Paris Saint-Germain or Marseille. The supporters, managers and players of the Vosges club came very close to their expectations. With a few balls, they could have inherited PSG in the final of this draw. It will ultimately be Strasbourg, the Alsatian neighbor who will come to the Vosges to compete for qualification for the eighth.
“We are happy because it is a big club that will come to us” declared Romain Chouleur, Thaon's coach, after the draw on the TLV website, “we are very happy. We know that they will come with a large audience too. It will be a great party. We had a one in three chance of getting PSG, it's frustrating but we are very happy with this poster. There will still be a great match to play“.
It is an honor to be the last representative of Lorraine
Nicolas Clasadonte, president of ES Thaon
“It's a good draw because Strasbourg is a neighboring club which has a fabulous history“, explains Nicolas Clasadonte, the president of ES Thaon, “the players wanted PSG or OM but Strasbourg is very satisfactory. It's playable like all cup matches, and we would like it to continue. It is an honor to be the last representative of Lorraine“.
It is another National 3 team which will finally welcome the Parisian ogre, FC Espaly. ES Thaon will therefore face Strasbourg for the round of 16 which will be played from Tuesday January 14 to Thursday January 16, 2025, probably at the Colombière stadium in Epinal, “We have a preference for Wednesday” said Nicolas Clasadonte, “because on Tuesday, there is already a hockey match between Épinal and Strasbourg. On Wednesday, it would be much simpler for supporters and volunteers. We hope to fill the enclosure with around 7,500 spectators“.
Thaon is therefore the last Lorraine club still in the running in the Coupe de France. The US Thionville Lusitanos players were eliminated on Sunday by FC Valenciennes on penalties.
